Retd. engineers’ body seeks apology from Revanth

Telangana Retired Engineers Affiliation (TREA) has condemned the remarks made by Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) president and MP A. Revanth Reddy towards Adviser to the State authorities on Elevate Irrigation venture Okay. Penta Reddy, stating that he’s an authority on hydel energy initiatives, execution of which is akin to carry irrigation initiatives.

Stating that there was no different engineer with such an expertise and experience within the execution of hydel initiatives, president of the affiliation G. Damodar Reddy and normal secretary M. Shyam Prasad Reddy stated on Monday that his total service was linked to hydel initiatives and his experience had come helpful within the execution of carry irrigation initiatives.

They stated it was below his management that the primary largest pumping station of South Asia, that of Alimineti Madhava Reddy Elevate Irrigation Challenge, was executed. Based mostly on its success, a number of different carry irrigation schemes/initiatives have been deliberate and executed in Telangana.

The TREA functionaries talked about that it was Mr. Penta Reddy who supervised the revival of Vellur pumping station of Kalwakurthy Elevate Irrigation Scheme thrice when it was submerged. Equally, he headed the revival of Srisailam Proper Financial institution Hydro Electrical Station, which is within the management of Andhra Pradesh now, twice in 1998 and 2009 when it was flooded and submerged, by staying put on the websites for months.

They requested Mr. Revanth Reddy to withdraw his remarks towards Mr. Penta Reddy, who has been working for the progress of the State whilst he was approaching 80 years of age.

Chairman of the Telangana Water Assets Growth Company V. Prakash, in a separate assertion, stated it was on the Chief Minister’s request that Mr. Penta Reddy was extending his experience and repair to the State’s progress by serving to execution of main carry irrigation venture. It was on his recommendation that the 139 megawatt ‘bahubali’ motors and pumps have been fabricated by nationwide and multinational firms.

He stated submergence of pump homes was fairly frequent when flood comes past all estimates and the submergence incidents of the previous have been examples. Stating that the pump homes may very well be revived by following established course of, he demanded that Mr. Revanth Reddy withdraw his remarks and search an apology.